MGD: Hold Fast, God is Faithful

This is the day the Lord has made. We will

be glad and rejoice in it. Shalom, precious one. It

is a blessing to have you in our midst and

you are warmly welcome to Radio ACI today for our

morning glory devotion. Privileged to be facilitating today's devotion Our

pastor and Mrs. Bruce Smith from Harvest Chapel International, Kumasi.

Let us kindly share a word of prayer. Heavenly Father,

take your rightful place among us this morning. Open our

eyes and cause us to behold wondrous things out of

your word. In Jesus' mighty name. Amen. Let us kindly

take our confession from Joshua chapter 1 verse 8. Joshua

Joshua 1:8 Joshua 1:8

chapter 1 verse 8. This book of the law shall

not depart out of my mouth, but I shall meditate

in it day and night, that I may observe to

do according to all that is written in it. For

then I will make my way prosperous, and then I

will have good success. Amen. Today's message is captioned, Hold Fast,

God is Faithful Hold Fast, God is Faithful A script

written by Mrs. Mary Iffa. And our scripture verses and

scripture reading will be taken from Genesis chapter 35. We'll

Genesis 35 · chapter mention

be reading the verses 5, 12 to 13, 23 to 24,

and then 28. Genesis chapter 37, the verses 5, 12

Genesis 37 · chapter mention

to 13, 23 to 24, and the verse 28. Let

us kindly hear the word of the Lord. Now Joseph

had a dream and he told it to his brothers

and they hated him even more. Then his brothers went

to feed their father's flock in Shechem. And Israel said

to Joseph, Are not your brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? Come,

I will send you to them. So he said to him,

Here I am. So it came to pass, when Joseph

had come to his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of

his tunic, the tunic of many colors that was on him.

Then they took him and cast him into a pit,

and the pit was empty. There was no water in it.

Verse 28. Then Midianite traders passed by. So the brothers

pulled Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit

and sold him to the Ishmaelites for 20 shekels of silver.

And they took Joseph to Egypt. May the Lord add

his blessing to the reading and hearing of his word.

Thanks be to God. Hold fast. God is faithful. Hold fast.

God is faithful. When the future seems uncertain, when the

path taken and decision made from the onset appears wrong

after many failures and tragedies, when there is no helping

hand and no one to pour out your hearts to,

what do you do and what actions do you take?

In today's scripture, We look at the life of a

young man named Joseph who had lovely dreams and was

assured of God's intentions for his life. Everything seemed fine

from the beginning. But the narrative of his life took

another turn in just a day. His own blood brothers

sold him out to strangers. As if that wasn't enough,

he became a burnt man in another man's land. I

am very certain that he had many questions running through

his mind. How is my life going to turn out?

What happens to my dreams? In all this confusion, Joseph

had a posture. A posture of the heart that said

in all these trials and pain, I still choose God.

I still choose to fear him and follow his ways.

The Bible records that he was tested, but his actions

confirmed his great love and fear for God. A look

as though God was absent and silent all this while,

but he was watching. God rewarded Joseph's obedience towards him

and brought to pass what he told him through dreams

in the early stages of his life. Beloved, God is

not a man that he should lie, as the word

of God reminds us in Numbers chapter 23 verse 18.

Numbers 23:18

The challenges you may be going through is called process.

The posture of your heart and your actions really matters

in this season of your life. When God comes with

your reward in his hands, will he find you on

his side? Don't be dismayed. Don't be crushed down. God

is much closer than you think. He will glorify himself

in your life. Amen. Today's memory verse is taken from

the book of Hebrews chapter 10 verse 23. Hebrews chapter

Hebrews 10:23 Hebrews 10:23

10 verse 23. Reading from the New King James Version.

Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering.

For he who promised peace is faithful. Let us hold

fast the confession of our hope with our wavering, for

he who promised is faithful. Let's share a word of prayer. Father,

we are grateful for today's message. It is our prayer

that you help us to waver not at your promises.

Be exalted always in our lives now and forevermore. In

the mighty name of Jesus have we prayed. Amen. Precious one,

We have come to the end of today's devotion and

we trust that you have been blessed. Do not waver.

God is with you. He will command his promises to

come to pass in the mighty name of Jesus. Kindly

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Jesus' name.